Rutherglen and Hamilton West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Rutherglen and Hamilton West in Scotland.
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Subdivisions of Scotland | South Lanarkshire |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of parliament | Margaret Ferrier (SNP) |
Created from | Glasgow Rutherglen and Hamilton South |
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European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was first used in the general election of 2005. It covers almost all of the former constituency of Glasgow Rutherglen and most of the former constituency of Hamilton South, and it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The current MP is Margaret Ferrier of the Scottish National Party.
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Boundaries
The Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency covers part of the South Lanarkshire council area. The rest of the council area is covered by the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency, the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency. The Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency also covers part of the Dumfries and Galloway council area and part of the South Borders council area.
The terms of the Rutherglen and Hamilton West name refer to the town of Rutherglen and the west of the town of Hamilton.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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2005 | Tommy McAvoy | Labour Co-operative | previously MP for Glasgow Rutherglen. | |
2010 | Tom Greatrex | Labour Co-operative | ||
2015 | Margaret Ferrier | Scottish National Party |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Margaret Ferrier | 30,279 | 52.6 | +36.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Tom Greatrex | 20,304 | 35.2 | -25.6 | |
Conservative | Taylor Muir | 4,350 | 7.6 | -2.1 | |
UKIP | Janice Mackay[3] | 1,301 | 2.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tony Hughes | 1,045 | 1.8 | -10.2 | |
CISTA | Yvonne Maclean | 336 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,975 | 17.3 | n/a 1 | ||
Turnout | 57,615 | 69.6 | +8.1 | ||
SNP gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | +31.1 |
1 Change to majority not useful when seat changes hands.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tom Greatrex | 28,566 | 60.8 | +5.2 | |
SNP | Graeme Horne | 7,564 | 16.1 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Robertson | 5,636 | 12.0 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Macaskill | 4,540 | 9.7 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Janice Murdoch | 675 | 1.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 21,002 | 44.7 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,981 | 61.5 | +3.1 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Tommy McAvoy | 24,054 | 55.6 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Robertson | 7,942 | 18.4 | +6.7 | |
SNP | Margaret Park | 6,023 | 13.9 | -1.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Crerar | 3,621 | 8.4 | -0.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 1,164 | 2.7 | -1.9 | |
UKIP | Janice Murdoch | 457 | 1.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 16,112 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,261 | 58.5 | +3.2 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -5.4 |
References
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- ↑ http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/file/9532/uk_parliamentary_general_election_results_2015 10Aug15
- ↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/rutherglenandhamiltonwest/
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- ↑ election result http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/download/631/uk_parliamentary_election_results_2010 26Aug15
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